Chelsea, with Enzo Fernández's debut as a starter, vs Fulham, for the Premier League: time, preview, how to watch it and probable formations

Just a few hours after landing in London,

will debut this Friday in the

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Everything went well for the leaders of

, the club that paid 121 million euros for his record, and the world champion player with the Argentine National Team will wear the 'blue' shirt with number five for the match against Fulham in Stamford Bridge for the 22nd date of the contest.

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"I can't wait to play in front of our fans and help my teammates on and off the field"

, the midfielder was excited in his first public exhibition in the English capital, where he arrived on Wednesday afternoon.

His wish may come true on Friday if the bureaucracy allows it.

"We have to solve the paperwork and get the green light, so we'll see," explained the team's coach, Graham Potter, on Thursday during a press conference in which he was "very happy about the transfer of Enzo Fernández because he is a fantastic player”.

Thinking of seeing the former River, Defensa y Justicia and Benfica footballer on the pitch at

just 48 hours after joining the squad was not unreasonable.

Three weeks ago, also in a game against Fulham that Chelsea lost 2-1 as a visitor, the Portuguese

made his debut , who had been loaned out by

just a day before.

Enzo Fernández in his presentation with Chelsea.

Photo: Chelsea Press.

The DT's intention to have Fernández as soon as possible does not respond only to a wish, but also to a need, since he has no central midfielders left over these days as a result of the injuries to the Frenchman N'Golo Kante and the Croatian Mateo Kovacic, and the departure of the Italian Jorginho to Arsenal.

That is why, obviously, Enzo Fernández earned his place in a starting eleven that will also include the Ukrainian

, who arrived from Shakhtar Donetsk in exchange for 100 million euros.

The one who will be on the bench will be the left-handed

, barely 20 years old and for whom the club paid 34 million to the Dutch PSV Eindhoven.

With the debuts of Fernández and Mudryk, Chelsea will equal the record for debutants in the same season, equaling the 2017/18 campaign, when there were 15.

This is possible because since

became its owner, the institution has launched into a wild race to renovate its campus without much concern for the costs.

In this mid-season market, Chelsea shelled out €365m to sign eight players, more than all the league clubs in Spain, Italy, Germany and France spent combined.

And since the arrival of Boehly the investment was 680 million, more than any other club in the world.

Noni Madueke, another of Chelsea's additions to this transfer market who could make his debut on Friday against Fulham.

Photo: Chelsea Press.

With such spending on their shoulders, the team has still not given answers: it is 10th in the Premier League, 21 points behind leader Arsenal;

He was eliminated in the third round of the FA Cup by Manchester City with a humiliating 4-0 win and also fell by the wayside in the Round of 16 of the League Cup at the hands of Josep Guardiola's team.

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Before focusing on the duel against the Teutons (the first leg will be on February 15 on German soil), Chelsea will face the West London derby against Fulham this Friday, which is seventh in the

, but lost its last two games (against Tottenham and Newcastle).

Although the title is a chimera, the

aim to qualify for the next edition of the Champions League.

Today they are 10 points behind Manchester United, which occupies fourth place, the last one that grants a ticket to the main club tournament in Europe.

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